BOOK REVIEW: 'Deceiving the Sky'
Mr. Gertz describes President Trump as a powerful hawk on China who is adamant that dealing with the Chinese threat be among his highest priorities, so the tide is turning.
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D.C. should stay a federal district as it was written in Constitution
Understand, the founders of the capital never intended for D.C. to be a state but a federal district to house the federal government. Yet, some advocates for statehood want to flip the script of the U.S. Constitution, and some quasi-supporters even want to grant the District's nonvoting House delegate full voting rights.
U.S. must mistrust but verify to nail down Afghan deal
Earlier this month, President Trump stunningly revealed that he had canceled peace talks with Taliban leadership at Camp David after the Afghan militant group claimed responsibility for an attack in Kabul that killed 12 people, including a U.S. soldier.
Why Britain should bolt and join NAFTA
The European Union, spread over 28 countries and 24 official languages, may make sense as a free trade area similar to NAFTA but virtually none as a broader economic community and political union.
BOOK REVIEW: 'What We Talk About When We Talk About Books'
Unfortunately for the general reader, Rutgers English professor Leah Price identifies herself primarily as a "book historian," a leading member of a relatively new and questionable academic discipline. Fortunately for the general reader, Leah Price is also an excellent writer.
Liberal activists harass unsavory industries through bank discrimination
The days of liberal activists pushing their agenda the old-fashioned way no longer apply.
Robert O'Brien's task as Trump's new national security adviser begins
The appointment of Robert O'Brien, a skilled negotiator and non-ideological foreign policy professional, to succeed John Bolton as national security adviser marks a significant turning point in the White House's national security strategy.
The Kavanaugh reboot
When the U.S. Supreme Court, under a previous ideological majority, was handing down decisions favorable to the left, Democrats were fine with deferring to that third branch of government to achieve what they declined to produce in legislation.
Trump's nonstop war against liberal culture
Donald Trump has so enraged his Democratic adversaries that the candidates to replace him have moved farther to the left than any primary field in memory.
Federal Reserve usurps the Trump administration's power
On Aug. 27, the former president of the New York Fed made a jaw-dropping claim. Bill Dudley argued that the Federal Reserve should take an overtly political stand against President Trump.
Pelosi plan takes a sledgehammer to Medicare
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is surrendering to the radical, socialist wing of the Democratic Party on health care, according to her new, $32 trillion drug-pricing proposal leaked last week.
How the government infringes on the right to be left alone
Great Britain is currently the most watched country in the Western world -- watched, that is, by its own police forces. In London alone, the police have erected more than 420,000 surveillance cameras in public places.
BOOK REVIEW: 'What We really Do All Day'
One-thousand-four-hundred-and-forty minutes. Twenty-four hours. One day. Time is the great equalizer, available and necessary to each of us.
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